Welcome, organ hipsters!
These sound clips are new as of November 2000. They are entire songs this
time! You're welcome. It's the stupendous Richard
"Groove" Holmes, with Jack McDuff's long-time
drummer, Joe Dukes, who
sho'-nuff knows how to play with an organ! Drummers definitely want to
hear this too. The recordings are from private tapes made in Seattle
by yours truly, in 1982. These files
are placed here solely for the personal instruction of visitors to this
site, and are not to be used in any other context whatsoever, without
exception. This means that you may NOT put these files on your own website
without my express permission.
Violaters will rue the day they were born. None of this material
is available on any phonograph record or CD.

Groove's B3, which
he hauled around with him on the road, had a wah-wah pedal hooked-up to
the top manual and a crumbling Nova Bass unit (a string bass emulator)
on the lower manual, which was then run through an MXR envelope follower
device, all of which was only turned on for funk tunes. The lower
manual bass tones were increased slightly in output via the pickup rods,
and the whole mess went through a fake Leslie simulator and then to a bank
of Acoustic amplifiers, NO Leslie. Great sounding rig; you could
clear the bar with it with one hand.

These Real Audio™
files are 20.7 kbs, meaning that you should be able to hear them OK with
only a 28.8 modem. Be sure your Real Player is set to buffer for a few
seconds, under Options/ Preferences/ Connection. I have had to discontimue
the offer of downloadable versions, because I don't want to find these
files on other sites without prior permission.

If you happen to need a player, download a free one right here, right now:

The numbers in parantheses
have to do with the version numbers originally recorded. In the case of
"Groove's Groove," both versions are offered for comparison. The guitar
solos, though weak in volume, are included because Groove's comping and
bass-playing is worth listening to.

"Rhythm changes" by
Charlie Parker. Begins with Groove's comment about his dinner, you gotta
hear this! This thing swings like a mother. Notice how he turns on the
vibrato right on the break leading into the solo. Outrageous comping under
the guitar.

Groove's name for
any version of his medium blues in 'F.' The grunting bassline is interesting.
This one features a synth solo. At 5 minutes in, Groove begins a priceless
monologue: Slim Gaillard, famous for his nonsense-jive songs like "Flat-Foot
Floogie" and "Cement Mixer, Putty Putty," is in the audience, and he gets
a taste of his own silly medicine. Grab your volume control-- Groove is
bellowing.

Same idea, different
night, different bassline. You can hear the Nova Bass trying to creep in;
it's on a pot and was not all the way off. You can also hear Groove singing
along with his own bassline near the beginning of the tune. Interesting
commentary once again by Groove, this time about being "blocked out of
a lot of clubs." Prolonged applause is included for historical purposes.

Otherwise known as
"Living Soul", with a slightly different head figure, whatever you call
it, it's Groove's generic fast Bb blues. The interplay between Groove
and Joe Dukes is amazing. This cut has a few short gaps in it; I had no
sound check. Check out what happens at 3:46! (Hint- something with the
feet.)

This one, though long,
is included so you can hear Groove really do his famous "Groove Tempo."
I call it a medium-grind, and no one else does it like this. The head rocks
slow but hard. During each solo, they double-time, then go back to the
medium speed each time. Faded out before the end to save server space.

All
"Scott the Organ Freak" pages were designed entirely by me, Scott Hawthorn,
and all content and design is copyrighted,
All Rights Reserved. This has nothing to do with Napster-type issues; it
has everything to do with promises made by me to Groove Holmes. Please
respect him and me by going along with his wishes. Thanks!